Older cube dweller: That was the title of a great Rascals song. Have you heard of The Rascals?
Younger cube dweller: No, I'm young. And foreign.
Troy, New York
Older cube dweller: That was the title of a great Rascals song. Have you heard of The Rascals?
Younger cube dweller: No, I'm young. And foreign.
Troy, New York
Assistant: I submitted this check request a month ago, can you tell me why it hasn’t been paid yet?
Accountant: Oh, you wanted it paid?
40 W. 20th Street
New York, NY
Overheard by: Faith Black
CFO: I had a hamster once. His name was MC Hamster.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Elisabeth
President yelling at CFO: You eat an elephant one bite at a time, but we're trying to swallow it whole and we're starting with the tusks!
Elmsford, New York
Overheard by: Bored Beyond Belief
IT manager: I wish I worked in HR, they're always either eating cake or firing people.
New York City, New York
Co-worker on phone: “What am I working on?” I’m working on not killing anyone. What’re you working on?
640 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
Boss: I don’t need to see everything before it goes out the door. Just send me a final, final, rough draft.
Union Square
New York, New York
Office grunt: I don’t know where he gets it from… No, wait, I know where he gets it from — he sucks the energy of others.
Software office
Hauppauge, New York
Overheard by: Lauren
Finance: There must be something in between “tax accountant” and
“undercover narc.”
156 W. 56th Street
New York, NY